真実

Japanese

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Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 真實 (MC tsyin zyit).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​んじつ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

真(しん)実(じつ) • (shinjitsu) 

1. truth; reality

   真実(しんじつ)を見抜(みぬ)く

   shinjitsu o minuku

   to get to the truth

2. (Buddhism) Synonym of 真如 (shinnyo, “suchness”)

Synonyms

• (truth): 本当(ほんとう) (hontō), 事実(じじつ) (jijitsu)

Derived terms

See also

• 信実(しんじつ) (shinjitsu, “sincerity”)

Proper noun

真(しん)実(じつ) • (Shinjitsu) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Variant of shinjitsu above with 実 read with its goon reading.

Pronunciation

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Noun

真(しん)実(じち) • (shinjichi) 

1. (archaic) truth; reality

Etymology 3

Various given names from kun and nanori compounds.

Proper noun

真(さな)実(み) or 真実(こころ) or 真(なお)実(み) or 真実(まこと) or 真(まな)実(み) or 真(ま)実(み) or 真(まゆ)実(み) or 真(まさ)実(み) • (Sanami or Kokoro or Naomi or Makoto or Manami or Mami or Mayumi or Masami) 

1. a female given name

Related terms

Etymology 4

The sane reading for 実 changes to zane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Proper noun

真(ま)実(さね) or 真(ま)実(ざね) • (Masane or Mazane) 

1. a unisex given name

Etymology 5

From 本当(ほんと) (honto, “truth, reality”).

Proper noun

真実(ほんと) • (Honto) 

1. a surname

Etymology 6

From 心(こころ) (kokoro, “sincerity”).

Proper noun

真実(こころ) • (Kokoro) 

1. a female given name

References